Bottle cover



April 1956 c. L. WILLIAMS 2,741,386

BOTTLE COVER Filed May 19, 1953 I I I Chester L. Williams INVENTOR.

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United States Patent BOTTLE COVER Chester L. Williams, Troy, N. Y.

Application May 19, 1953, Serial No. 355,939

1 Claim. (Cl. 215-42) The present invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in covers for bottles to hide the soiled labels or stainson the outer surface of catsup or other bottles used in restaurants orother public places.

An important object of the invention is to provide a bottle coverforming a protective shell tightly fitting over the bottle and havingresilient means clamping the cover to the neck of the bottle.

Another object is to provide a protective cover for bottles whichreduces danger of breakage.

A further object is to provide a device of this character of simple andpractical construction, which is easy to install, inexpensive tomanufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which thesame is intended.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view;

Figures 3 and 4 are transverse sectional views taken respectively on thelines 3-3 and 44 of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of a modified construction.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention,the numeral 5 designates a hollow-body which may be made of acommercially well known plastic, light weight metal, or other suitablesubstantially rigid material and open at each end for sleeving over abottle 6 in close fitting engagement therewith to provide a cover forthe bottle.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive,the lower portion of the body is fiuted as shown at 7 to conform withthe complementary shaped sides of the bottle. The upper or neck portion8 of the body is tapered and formed with vertical slots 9 to provide aplurality of resilient fingers 10 for expansion and contraction of theneck to permit passage of the neck of the cover downwardly over theheading 11 of the bottle as the cover is forced downwardly over thebottle.

2,741,386 Patented Apr. 10, 1956 The tips 12 of the fingers 10 areinclined outwardly under the beading 11 and under which is placed anendless coil spring 13 or other suitable elastic band to hold the neckof the cover in a contracted position on the neck of the bottle.

The top of the bottle may be closed by an easily removable cap 14 havinga finger grip 15 and the sides of the cover 5 may be formed with Windowopenings 16 and 17 to expose the label (not shown) on the bottle as wellas to permit inspection of the level of liquid in the bottle.

Figure 5 illustrates a cover 18 having smooth walls and without thewindow openings.

The cover or body 5 is slipped downwardly over the bottle until theresilient fingers 10 snap beiow the bead ing 11 of the bottle to thusgrip and hold the cover attached thereto. The cover thus conceals anystains or other unsightly condition on the bottle and also protects thebottle and reduces danger of breakage while handling.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will bereadily understood and further explanation is believed to beunnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction shown and described, andaccordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resortedto, falling within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

In combination, a bottle having a beading on a tapered neck portion, anda cover for the bottle comprising a hollow body open at each end andadapted to sleeve over the bottle, said body being constructed ofsubstantially rigid, self-supporting material and having its lower endpositioned coplanar with the bottom of the bottle, said body including atapered neck at its upper portion and conforming to the neck of thebottle to limit upward movement of the bottle in the cover, a pluralityof vertical resilient fingers at the upper portion of the neck, flaredoutwardly in the plane of the heading of the bottle and an expansibleand contractible band surrounding the fingers to contract the latterabout the neck of the bottle under the beading to oppose upward slidingmovement of the cover relative to the bottle.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS659,895 Peters Oct. 16, 1900 675,509 Waters June 4, 1901 916,815Williams Mar. 30, 1909 1,141,929 Bruebach June 8, 1915 1,626,425 PelsueApr. 26, 1927 1,977,365 Wolcott Oct. 16, 1934 FOREIGN PATENTS 3,652Great Britain of 1895 256,228 Italy Dec. 15, 1927

